Jeremiah 31:30
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Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
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The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
For each one should carry his own load.
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.
Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.